Critical Role Shadowgast

She wanted the life. The money. The power. The man. Mara Collins is tired of counting tips and pretending her dreams don’t reach beyond the coffee shop counter. When the bills pile higher than her hope, she decides it’s time to stop waiting for luck—and start creating it. All she needs is one man. One chance. One lie. Her plan is simple: learn how the rich play their games, then beat them at it. With a fake designer dress, a new name, and a heart of steel, she slips into the city’s most exclusive events—until she catches the eye of Adrian Holt, a man who has everything she’s ever wanted. Charming. Ruthless. Obsessively private. Adrian isn’t the kind of man you play with… but Mara’s willing to risk everything to make him hers. But the higher she climbs, the more fragile her lies become. And when Adrian discovers who she truly is, the illusion shatters—leaving behind nothing but betrayal, anger, and obsession… and a love that should never have existed in the first place. Now love becomes a weapon, and every night in his sheets feels like a war between truth and desire.

They took everything from me before I was old enough to remember: my name, my family, my life. Raised as the Ashfords’ scapegoat daughter, blamed, beaten, humiliated while my perfect sister shone, I thought I was worthless. Until a masked stranger broke into my father’s study and called me by a name I had forgotten: Celeste. Vincent Torres is everything the Ashfords pretend to be: powerful, untouchable. He says my life with them is a lie. That I was never meant to be theirs. That he can help me take back my name, my inheritance, my future. All I have to do is marry him. A contract. Nothing more. I’ll become the wife my sister always wanted to be. I’ll infiltrate the world that should have been mine. And together, we’ll destroy the family that destroyed me. But somewhere between the contract and the vows, between the lies and the truth, I forgot the most important rule: Never fall for your weapon. Especially when he might be just as broken as I am.

Di balik kesuksesan yang gemilang, CEO muda, Adrian Ward, dikenal sebagai sosok yang dingin, penuh misteri, dan sulit didekati. Dengan kekuasaan yang dimilikinya, dia selalu menjaga jarak dari semua orang, termasuk wanita. Namun, ada sisi lain dari Adrian yang tak pernah terungkap, sebuah rahasia yang tersembunyi jauh di dalam hatinya. Sophie, sekretaris baru yang cerdas dan penuh semangat, tidak hanya terpesona oleh karisma Adrian, tetapi juga terjerat dalam teka-teki dirinya yang misterius. Di tengah kesibukan dunia bisnis yang keras, kedekatan mereka tumbuh tanpa disadari, membawa mereka ke dalam permainan perasaan yang rumit. Apakah cinta dapat tumbuh di antara mereka yang terhalang oleh kebekuan masa lalu? Cinta yang tersembunyi ini akan mengungkap lebih dari sekadar perasaan—juga rahasia yang berbahaya, yang dapat merubah segalanya. Mampukah Sophie menembus dinding dingin Adrian, atau akankah kisah ini tetap terkubur dalam bayang-bayang kesuksesan?

“Are you going to treat me like the enemy?” Raffaele asked, hovering over me like a predator. “You are the enemy,” I sneered. He smiled. “Careful. You’re hurting my feelings.” “I hope I can hurt much more than that.” His eyes darkened. “You forget—I’m the one who can break you.” I vowed never to give my heart to a man. Never let one bend me. Never let one own me. Then a single night changed everything. When my best friend became a target, I took her place and caught the attention of the most dangerous man in the city. Raffaele, My friend's older brother, wasn’t supposed to see me. We were never meant to meet but the moment his eyes locked on mine, I became his new obsession. I don’t bend and he doesn't let go. Suddenly caught up in a world of blood and power, resisting a man like Raffaele might cost me everything...heart, body, and soul. He wants me, dead or alive.

“I want you to touch me, Engineer.” She's not begging. It's an order. Xantina is willing to play a dangerous game with Yohan Escobar. They had a carnal affair, just pure pleasure, no pressure. Ang unang ma-in love ang siyang talo. Ngunit pareho silang sanay na manalo at makuha ang kanilang gusto, kaya sa larong kanilang sinimulan, sino ang uuwing luhaan? Handang wasakin ni Xantina si Yohan para sa paghihiganting kaniyang inaasam. Hindi siya papayag na maging talunan. Ngunit paano kung puso’y biglang tumibok sa lalaking tinuturing niyang kaaway?

Amelia Carter has always believed that some lines exist for a reason. At twenty-one, she is focused on finishing university, working late evenings as a library assistant, and keeping her life quiet and predictable. Love is the last thing on her mind until Ethan Brooks walks into her world and turns everything upside down. Ethan is confident, guarded, and completely forbidden. Their connection is instant, undeniable, and dangerous in ways Amelia never expected. What begins as harmless conversations and stolen glances slowly deepens into something intense something neither of them should want, yet cannot resist. As emotions grow and boundaries blur, Amelia is forced to confront a painful truth: the heart does not obey rules. With secrets threatening to surface, loyalties tested, and consequences closing in, loving Ethan may cost her everything she has worked so hard to protect. Love They Shouldn’t Have is a slow-burn, emotionally charged forbidden romance that explores desire, restraint, and the aching question of what happens when loving the wrong person feels more right than anything else.

Nayara Adeline, seorang wanita sosialita kaya raya, hidupnya berubah drastis ketika perusahaan keluarganya bangkrut. Semua harta disita, teman-teman sosialitanya menjauh, bahkan tunangannya pergi begitu saja. Tanpa pilihan lain, Nayara pergi ke sebuah desa terpencil yang jauh dari hiruk pikuk kota, berharap bisa menenangkan diri sekaligus mencari tempat tinggal murah. Di desa itu, Nayara bertemu dengan Arga Dirgantara, seorang pria misterius yang ternyata adalah CEO muda perusahaan raksasa. Namun, Arga sengaja bersembunyi di desa untuk menghindari media dan tekanan bisnis. Pertemuan mereka justru terjadi dengan cara memalukan—Nayara yang baru belajar hidup sederhana terjatuh ke sawah saat membawa belanjaan, dan menimpa Arga yang kebetulan lewat dengan sepeda tuanya. Sejak saat itu, hubungan keduanya penuh dengan kesalahpahaman kocak, perdebatan konyol, dan momen romantis tak terduga. Perlahan, Arga melihat sisi tulus Nayara yang tersembunyi di balik sifat manja dan gengsi. Sementara Nayara belajar arti kehidupan, persahabatan, dan cinta sejati dari sosok pria yang selama ini hanya dikenal dunia sebagai "bos besar" dingin tanpa hati.

Ruth’s life shatters on Valentine’s Day when she walks in on her boyfriend in bed with her sister . Heartbroken and humiliated she cried so bitterly,Promising never to love again. Months later, billionaire Leonard Williams cold, powerful, and untouchable is drugged at a business gala and wakes beside a stranger with no memory of the night. The scandal threatens to destroy his empire, and his search for the truth leads him straight to Ruth the quiet woman whose name is tangled in the mystery. But as they dig deeper, it becomes clear they were both set up. Someone wants them ruined… or dead. Bound together by danger, suspicion, and a night neither can remember, Ruth and Leonard are forced into a reluctant alliance that quickly becomes something more. Just as the truth begins to surface, Ruth collapses revealing a secret that change everything. She carrying his child.

ทารีน่าคือตัวร้ายในนิยายเรื่องนี้ ก่อนที่จะเข้ามาอยู่ในร่างของตัวร้าย เมนของเธอคือไคล์ เขาชอบนางเอกและพยายามฆ่าทารีน่าครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่าเพื่อปกป้องนางเอก นี่ชีวิตของเธอจะต้องถูกเมนตัวเองฆ่าเหรอวะเนี่ย

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